di·a·chron·ic (adj.): Of or concerned with phenomena as they change through time.
par·a·digm (noun): A typical example or pattern; an example serving as a model.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Stockholm

We've been in Stockholm since Saturday morning; tonight we leave to go to Tallinn. We've been wandering about and developing blisters from all the walking, mostly getting our history geeks on and getting in the way of the locals. The blisters were irritating but totally worth it, because we saw:

Mass at St. Erik's (There are only two Catholic churches in all of Stockholm; we went to the High Mass, said in Swedish, but which included a Latin Gospel.)

We've eaten herring (which gets served with breakfast, because why not?) and medieval Swedish food; a weird Swedish version of a bacon cheeseburger (I've never gotten a burger served with Thousand Island before); and some pretty good Thai food. The T-Bana (subway) is clean and efficient; every station has escalators and elevators that actually work, and the mini-marts that are in seemingly each station is as well stocked (albeit a bit smaller) than 7-Elevens.